Breakdown of Mühendisler sızdırmaz boruları basınç altında test ettiler.
mühendis
engineer
alt
bottom
boru
pipe
basınç
pressure (physical)
test etmek
to test
sızdırmak
to leak
test
test
Questions & Answers about Mühendisler sızdırmaz boruları basınç altında test ettiler.
How exactly does the word sızdırmaz mean "leak-proof"?
This word is built using the negative aorist participle, which is the focus of this lesson. It comes from the verb sızdırmak (to let something leak). When you drop the infinitive and add the negative aorist ending -maz, it creates an adjective describing something that habitually "does not leak." So, sızdırmaz borular means pipes that do not leak, or "leak-proof pipes."
What is the difference between sızmaz and sızdırmaz?
Sızmak means "to leak" (for example, water leaking from a crack). Sızdırmak adds the causative suffix -dır, changing the meaning to "to let leak" or "to allow to leak." A pipe that doesn't let things leak out of it is therefore sızdırmaz (does not let leak) rather than just sızmaz.
Why is the accusative ending used on boruları?
The engineers aren't testing just any pipes in general; they are testing the specific leak-proof pipes in this context. Because "the leak-proof pipes" is a specific direct object receiving the action of the verb test ettiler, it must take the accusative case. The word boru (pipe) gets the plural -lar followed by the accusative -ı, becoming boruları.
Why does altında have the -ı- and -n- in the middle?
To say "under pressure," Turkish connects two nouns: basınç (pressure) and alt (bottom/underneath). First, you add the possessive suffix -ı to alt to link it to pressure, making it altı. Then, to show the action happens "at" or "in" that state, you add the locative suffix -da. The -n- is a buffer letter that is always required when adding case endings to a word that already has a possessive suffix, giving you basınç altında.
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